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Homecoming 2011

Oct. 2 - 8

Let the good times roll, y’all! A Cajun flare with a Texas twang is exactly what Buffs can anticipate at West Texas A&M University’s Homecoming 2011, a West Texas Mardi Gras! Our beloved maroon and white will unite with purple, green and gold to create a fantastic week of fun and excitement!

Just like in New Orleans, we have our own way of doing things here in West Texas, and we love that about us!

There will be music, food and all of the Buff traditions that make WT Homecoming one of our favorite weeks of the year! Join us by becoming an official WTAMU Homecoming sponsor or create a West Texas Mardi Gras parade float.

Let the Good Times Roll, Y'all!

In fact we love Homecoming so much that this year, the good times will start rolling on Sunday! Come out to the Grand Lawn inside the brand new Buffalo Sports Park at 1 p.m. Oct. 2 for the Birthday Bash for Thunder X Community Picnic. Kids 12 and under eat free so be sure to bring them and your appetite for food and fun.

On Monday, Oct. 3, we'll take time to remember our last 100 years during the Centennial Time Capsule Burial Ceremony at 11:30 a.m. in the Fine Arts Mall, North of the Classroom Center. C.J. Johnson, Comedy Hypnotist will be mezmerizing Buffs at 10 p.m. in Mary Moody Northen Hall. You might even win some Taylor Swift tickets.

Tuesday at the Tank will be kickin’ at noon on Oct. 4 with awesome live music and free food out at the pedestrian mall. At 5 p.m., roll on over to the JBK y’all, for "Minute to Win It". At midnight Buffs will be roasting up WT tradition during the Midnight Weenie Roast at the Buffalo Sports Park Grand Lawn.

On Wednesday, Oct. 5, at noon, there will be more music and free food at the pedestrian mall, and at 5 p.m., put on your best outfit to pull a tractor at the Tractor Pull.

Thursday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m., live music and Cajun cuisine will set the scene at The Golden Light Cantina Alumni Cajun Shrimp Boil on 6th Street in Amarillo! At 7 p.m. Lady Buff Volleyball will heat up The Box against Texas A&M Commerce. For a little Homecoming drama, catch the 7:30 p.m. show of "The Children's Hour" presented by WTAMU Theatre in the Happy State Bank Theatre. Save room for some cowboy flapjacks WTAMU Student ready for Mardi Gras after the show at the Midnight Pancake Breakfast in the Caf.

Homecoming weekend will swing into action Friday, Oct. 7 as our fearless Mardi Gras Captain Dr. J. Pat O’Brien will lead the President's Circle Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the Amarillo Club. Then players in the WTAMU Homecoming Classic Golf Tournament will tee off at 10 a.m. at Comanche Trail Golf Club. A celebration of WT’s athletic greats will transpire at the Hall of Champions at 4 p.m. in the First United Bank Center. The most experienced and wisest of our WT alumni will congregate at Mary Moody Northen Hall starting at 4 p.m. for the Golden Buff Reunion, a celebration of our 50 year graduates. Head to Buffalo Sports Park at 7 p.m. for some men's soccer action as the Buffs take on University of Texas of the Permian Basin and for the raucous Homecoming tradition of Pigskin Revue at The Box "The Children's Hour" will have another 7:30 p.m. performance and at 8 p.m. get ready for a rockin’ Homecoming Concert at the Buffalo Sports Park Grand Lawn that opens with the winner of September's WTAMU Battle of the Bands and ends with Hellogoodbye .
Festivities start early on Saturday, Oct. 8 with Buffs chowing down at the WTAMU Alumni Breakfast at 8 a.m. in the Alumni Banquet Facility. Attebury Honors Program Alumni also will get together at 8 a.m. for an Alumni come-and-go reception in the Honors Suite in Killgore Research Center. Hang out in downtown Canyon for the Fair on the Square starting at 9 a.m. or enjoy an invigorating run in the Buffalo Stampede 5K that takes off at the First United Bank Center at 10:45 a.m. Everyone’s favorite tradition--the Homecoming Parade--will march down 4th Avenue in true Mardi Gras fashion at 11 a.m. (Homecoming Parade Registration). The Lady Buffs will rock The Box again at 2 p.m. battling Texas Women’s University. Buff football fans will unite at 3 p.m in the tailgating area at Kimbrough Stadium for a western-style fais do do--which means we’ll have a good time. Alumni will meet on the alumni deck for the Alumni Tailgate Party and Cookoff Challenge, judging at 4 p.m. (Cook-off Challenge Rules)There will be gumbo, drinks and lots of fun! At 6 p.m. it's the grand Mardi Gras finale when every proud Buff in the area will cheer our team on to a Homecoming victory against Angelo State University!

West Texas Mardi Gras - Let the Good Times Roll. Y'all We hope that Buffs from all over will come home to celebrate the sounds, flavors and fun of Mardi Gras with our own Texas twist! Come join us October 2-8 for WT Homecoming 2011--a West Texas Mardi Gras! Let the good times roll, y’all!

Where Y'at?

For information on area lodging, contact the Canyon Chamber of Commerce at www.canyonchamber.org, (806)655-7815 or (806)655-1183, or the Amarillo Convention and Visitor Council at www.visitamarillotx.com, (800) 692-1338 or (806) 374-1497.

Also call Holiday Inn Express, Amarillo off Georgia St. 2806 Wolflin Ave. (806) 322-3051 for discounted rates with mention of “BUFF Rate.”

Donate Doubloons

Sponsorship Event Opportunities

$5,000: Buffalo Bash–Community Picnic
$1,000: Pigskin Revue
Homecoming Bonfire and Concert
$2,500: Golden Buff Alumni Reception
$1,500: WTAMU Alumni Breakfast
Homecoming Parade
$5,000: Alumni Tailgate

Call 806-651-2070 for more information about sponsoring
specific Homecoming 2011 events. Sponsorship Opportunities

2011 Homecoming Sponsors

Sunday, Oct. 2

1 p.m. ♦
Birthday Bash For Thunder X Community Picnic: Buffalo Sports Park, Grand Lawn - food, games, lots of fun and music by Insuffient Funds. $5 per person, kids 12 and under free.

Monday, Oct. 3

11:30 a.m. ♦
Centennial Time Capsule Burial Ceremony: Fine Arts Mall, north of the Classroom Center.

10 p.m. ♦
C. J. Johnson, Comedy Hypnotist:
Mary Moody Northen Hall.
Free, plus a chance to win tickets to see Taylor Swift in Lubbock.

Tuesday, Oct. 4

Noon ♦
Tuesday at the Tank: Live Band and Free Lunch: Pedestrian Mall

6 p.m. ♦
"Minute to Win It": Jack B. Kelley Student Center

Midnight ♦
Midnight Weenie Roast: Buffalo Sports Park, Grand Lawn, free hotdogs and drinks.

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Noon ♦
Midweek Homecoming: live band and free lunch: Pedestrian Mall

5 p.m. ♦
Tractor Pull: TBA

Thursday, Oct. 6

11:30 a.m. ♦
Canyon Chamber of Commerce Cookoff on the Square: $12 All-You-Can-Eat, call 806-655-7815 for information.

6 p.m. ♦
Alumni Cajun Shrimp Boil: Golden Light Cantina, Amarillo, $10 per person - includes food, keg beer and live music (A.J. Swope and The Last Train Home) 21 years old and up only.

7 p.m. ♦
WT Volleyball vs. Texas A&M Commerce: The Box

7:30 p.m. ♦
WTAMU Theatre Presents "The Children's Hour": Happy State Bank Theatre, call 806-651-2804 for information.

Midnight ♦
Midnight Pancake Breakfast: The Caf

Friday, Oct. 7

7:30 a.m. ♦
President's Circle Breakfast: Amarillo Club, call 806-651-2069 for information.

10 a.m. ♦
WTAMU Homecoming Classic Golf Tournament Sponsored by Aramark Comanche Trail Golf Complex, call 806-651-2912 for information.

4 - 6 p.m. ♦
Hall of Champions: First United Bank Center, call 806-651-4400 for information.

4 - 8 p.m. ♦
WTAMU Alumni Golden Buff Reunion (1956-1966), 4 p.m. Reception 8 p.m. Dinner: Mary Moody Northen Hall, call 806-651-2311 for information.

7 p.m. ♦
WTAMU Men’s Soccer vs. University of Texas of the Permian Basin: Buffalo Sports Park

7 p.m. ♦
Pigskin Revue Sponsored by McDonalds: The Box

7:30 p.m. ♦
WTAMU Theatre presents The Children’s Hour, Happy State Bank Studio Theatre. Call 806-651-2804 for information.

*Bonfire cancelled due to fire ban.

9 p.m. ♦
Homecoming Concert (Free) Virgil Henson Activities Center All Purpose Room: Opens with the winner of the WTAMU Battle of the Bands followed by HelloGoodbye

Saturday, Oct. 8

8 a.m. ♦
WTAMU Alumni Breakfast
Sponsored by Zip Print.
Alumni Banquet Hall, call 806-651-2311 for information.

8 - 9:30 a.m. ♦
Attebury Honors Program Alumni Come-and-Go Reception: Honors Suite, Killgore Research Center, call 806-651-2736 for information.

9 a.m. ♦
Canyon Chamber of Commerce Fair on the Square: Downtown Canyon

10:45 a.m. ♦
Buffalo Stampede 5K: Begins at First United Bank Center

11 a.m. ♦
Homecoming Parade, Sponsored by Education Credit Union: 4th Avenue Homecoming Parade Registration

2 p.m. ♦
WT Volleyball vs. Texas Women’s: The Box

3 p.m. ♦
WTAMU Alumni Tailgate Party.
Alumni Tailgating Deck and Tent
Gumbo, drinks and fun!

4 p.m. ♦
Cook-off Challenge - Sponsored by Canyon Chamber of Commerce and Suddenlink
Alumni Tailgating Deck and Tent
Cook-off Challenge Rules

6 p.m. ♦
Homecoming Football Game: WT vs. Angelo State University: Kimbrough Memorial Stadium

7:30 p.m. ♦
WTAMU Theatre presents “The Children’s Hour” Happy State Bank Theatre, call 806-651-2804 for information.